Oyongo Scores A Beauty In Montpellier’s Ugly Loss To Rennes

Oyongo Bitolo put up a Man of the Match performance as he played on the left side of the Montpellier defense on Friday, against Rennes. The indomitable Lions sweeper confirmed his return to top gear with a sumptuous goal on match day 26 of the French Ligue 1, despite his side not ending the game on a good note.

While his team was down 2-0, the former Impact Montreal player halved deficit with a magnificent half-volley.

It was Oyongo’s first goal in four matches played, in an injury raging season.

Montpelier After obtaining parity in the first half from 2 down, went on to lose 4-2 as Rennes scored two more to conclude affairs.

Gaëtan Laborde scored at thee 52nd minute through the spot, to put Rennes ahead once more (3-2).

As Montpelier queued up before a packed Stade de Mosson to try and get the equaliser, a counter broke for Rennes at the 84th minute and Lovro Majer made it 4-2 for the away side.

With the loss, Oyongo and co remain 10th on the league with 37 points, while awaiting other teams around them to complete their match day 26 games.